It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month and one of my female staff persuaded me that the Kalgoorlie Miner masthead should be pink on the big day, Pink Ribbon Day (October 23). We organised a photo of the general manager Mandy Howlett and myself to explain what it’s all about. It’s a worthy cause, so why not!? [...]
GoPC virtual operating system
I discovered an intriguing new technology gadget tonight thanks to the Google ads on my own site. It’s called GoPC and it’s a virtual operating system that provides a free service for accessing programs and data storage online. It uses Suse Linux and provides a limited number of programs with the free service. These include [...]
Barnaby Joyce
I met Queensland Senator Barnaby Joyce this week during his visit to Kalgoorlie. There was a good article in the West Australian today comparing him with Sir Joh, albeit describing him correctly as somewhat more urbane. The National Party has a massive struggle ahead to survive. Although the Liberals don’t like it, Barnaby’s approach is [...]
